GRAHAM BRIGHT: (LAUGHS) In actual fact the Government have decreed it seventy. So they’re you are.

PAUL STAINTON: So you’ll take that will you?

GRAHAM BRIGHT: Well I shall need some money to do those things that I want to do. Yes.

PAUL STAINTON: So that’s a yes. Seventy grand is it? Is that a yes?

GRAHAM BRIGHT: Yes it’s a yes.

JONATHAN Whiteland asks on Twitter whether “it is entirely appropriate for Cambridgeshire Police to inform us of a burglary of our property on a “With Compliments” slip?

Fair point. Discuss.

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A MATCH-stick masterpiece of Ely’s Old Palace is desperately seeking a new home where it can be enjoyed by the public.

The replica model, which contains hundreds of matchsticks, was left behind by the former inhabitants of the palace, Sue Ryder Care, where they left the building in 2010.

The model was inherited by the King’s School when they took on the building but has been sitting in cling film in a small chapel since then, hidden from public view.

Now, the school is keen to see the labour of love in the public eye and discussions are underway with Ely Museum about finding it a more permanent home.

Mark Hart, director of operations at King’s Ely, said: “We understand that the gentlemen who made it has died and it was his families’ wish is that it goes on display. We have been in touch with Ely Museum and are discussing with them how we can go about doing that.”

Do you know who made the model? Drop me a line if you’d be so kind.

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NOT that I could ever be described as a party pooper BUT a promotional video for The Loveable Rogues- due in Ely next week for the Christmas Lights switch on- comes complete with seat belt transgressions.

The group – who were among the finalists in ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent- have built a huge fan base since appearing on the show and will be in Ely on November 30 for the switch on.

But your diarist feels that perhaps the video of them on YouTube – seen by over 3million people in a matter of months- is not the best advertisement for road safety.

In early parts of the video they are shown with seat belts, but later on the seat belts come off the front seat passenger and are noticeably absent by the ‘jack in the Box’ rear seat group member.

Perhaps Simon Cowell’s Syco company that manages the group might use some of their £5,000 Ely fee to re shoot pertinent parts of the video.